José Dirceu — scoundrel, convicted “mensalão” mastermind & operative, former Lula da Silva’s Chief of Staff (Lula, a.k.a. Brahma, is the head of the criminal organization disguised as a political party that threw Brazil in an administrative/financial/economic black hole), is up to his head in the “petrolão” the scandal involving Petrobras’ assets theft. It is the widest, deepest scandal ever uncovered in Brazil, starting with the Federal Police’s “Car Wash” operation. Mr. Dirceu, currently under house arrest, had his third request for a “preventive” habeas corpus denied.